WoRMS taxon details
Pristigenys alta (Gill, 1862)
159295 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159295)
accepted
Species
Priacanthus altus Gill, 1862 · unaccepted
Pristigenys altas (Gill, 1862) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Pseudopriacanthus altus (Gill, 1862) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Priacanthus altus Gill, 1862) Gill, T. N. (1862). On a new species of Priacanthus discovered in Narragansett Bay, R. I. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> v. 14: 132-133. [details]
Distribution Western Atlantic: east coast of North America, Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean. Aside from records from Brazil (which are...
Distribution Western Atlantic: east coast of North America, Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean. Aside from records from Brazil (which are in error), there are no other records from South America or in eastern Atlantic waters [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Pristigenys alta (Gill, 1862). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159295 on 2026-05-05
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Priacanthus altus Gill, 1862) Gill, T. N. (1862). On a new species of Priacanthus discovered in Narragansett Bay, R. I. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> v. 14: 132-133. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
context source (Bermuda)
Smith-Vaniz, W. F.; Collette, B. B.; Luckhurst, B. E (1999). Fishes of Bermuda: History, zoogeography, annotated checklist, and identification keys
(American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists - Special Publication No.4)
. ASIH, 424 pp. [details]
additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Distribution Western Atlantic: east coast of North America, Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean. Aside from records from Brazil (which are in error), there are no other records from South America or in eastern Atlantic waters [details]Habitat Found on rocky bottoms between 5 and 200 m depth, usually solitary and possibly territorial. [details]
Habitat benthic [details]
To Barcode of Life (9 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (23 publications) (from synonym Priacanthus altus Gill, 1862)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pristigenys alta)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Priacanthus altus Gill, 1862)
To FishBase (from synonym Pristigenys altas (Gill, 1862))
To Fishbase (from synonym Pseudopriacanthus altus (Gill, 1862))
To GenBank (35 nucleotides; 34 proteins) (from synonym Priacanthus altus Gill, 1862)
To GenBank (35 nucleotides; 34 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pristigenys alta RAD107387-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pristigenys alta RAD107387-001)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (23 publications) (from synonym Priacanthus altus Gill, 1862)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pristigenys alta)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Priacanthus altus Gill, 1862)
To FishBase (from synonym Pristigenys altas (Gill, 1862))
To Fishbase (from synonym Pseudopriacanthus altus (Gill, 1862))
To GenBank (35 nucleotides; 34 proteins) (from synonym Priacanthus altus Gill, 1862)
To GenBank (35 nucleotides; 34 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pristigenys alta RAD107387-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pristigenys alta RAD107387-001)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
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